I am new to LJ’s and I was wondering if anyone can give me some advice. I am planning to make a Gamble type Table (Greene and Greene) but reducing it to a coffee table. My question is how does one perfectly match the edging of the table with the table top core?

Check out Popular Woodworking (issue 165, November 2007). There is an article by Darrell Peart about a G&G table that had been cut down to a coffee table. His article gives a lot of construction photos, etc.

thanks Vince and Jim. I found the ideas in both Robert Lang’s and Darrell Peart’s books. Good stuff. Just could not figure out the details for constructing the curved edging that are added on to the core of the Gamble Table. .

The beautiful thing about a G&G top is that the core doesn’t have to match perfectly. It’s completely hidden by the breadboard end and ebony spline. The width of the core can be tweaked in relation to the breadboard end, and as long as the tongue is shorter than the dado, it will fit.

G&G’s thicker breadboard end can be centered or flush-mounted on top ala Kevin Rodel. The slip fit on the tongue/dado is the only critical dimension. Make one (I prefer to machine the dado first) and make the other one (in my case, the tongue) fit.

I’m actually building Darrel Peart's Aurora table. Get his book and all will be clear. If you’re a G&G fan, it’s a great read. I read it before I took it out to the shop and got sawdust between all the pages.

Welcome to LJ’s. This is a great project. Feel free to blog about it ;)

hi you may want to check out Dale Barnard , the cabinetmaker. he is a MASTER of Greene and Greene.e recently built a G&G coffee table that takes elements of the Thorsen house and the Gamble house .he has taught G & G for many years and is also an instructor with the William Ng school. He and Daryl may be the 2 most knowledgable G&G individuals alive presently